ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Natural History Collections first web-pages

The first web-pages were created
in 1997 by Zoology Honours students to show the displays of
ungulate, rodent, carnivore and primate specimens they had
made for their Honours Projects.
These initial web-pages were created with the help of Martin Waterfall
who also converted Michael Begg's written accounts of the history
of the Collections into web-pages. These pages were maintained
by David Baird from 1990-2001.

Natural History Collections web-site and updates

The new web-site launched in October 2001 was created by Elizabeth
Baines. The site includes the original, up-dated,
web-pages and many new pages created in 2000 and 2001 by Zoology
Honours Students with help from David Baird and Elizabeth Baines.

The final pages, illustrating the exhibits in the Aubrey Manning Gallery, were compiled by Richard Matthews (web-page designer), Bernard Matthews (photography) and Patricia Preston (text) in 2006. The site was updated in August 2004 and January 2007 by James Matthews.

Financial and Moral Support

The Natural History Collections are grateful to the following
for their encouragement and for the financial support for
the computing facilities and materials for displays and
conservation that made this web-site possible:

the Scottish Museums Council;

the Manpower Services Commission of the U.K. Government;

the General Council, the University of Edinburgh;

the Development Trust, University of Edinburgh;

the Special Collections Fund, University of Edinburgh;

the Faculty of Science and Engineering, the University of Edinburgh;

the Computing Services, the University of Edinburgh;

the European Union International Consortium on Ticks & Tick-Borne Diseases.

Copyright

The copyright to all material used in this web-site is held by the
University of Edinburgh, except
where specified otherwise in the text accompanying certain photographs.